- This section describes fishery products and preparations.
- The following is data on domestic production, export, import and domestic
consumption of fishery products;
In the future, it is expected that domestic production will further
decrease (in particular, commercial fishery landings).
- The following is data on production by fisheries and aqua farming;
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2000 |
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2001 |
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2002
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| a. |
Sea-level fishery |
5,022 |
|
4,753 |
|
4,404 |
(75.6%) |
| |
Deep-sea fishery |
855 |
749 |
674 |
(15.3%) |
| |
Offshore fishery |
2,591 |
2,459 |
2,238 |
(50.8%) |
| |
Coastal fishery |
1,576 |
1,545 |
1,492 |
(33.9%) |
| b. |
Sea-level aqua farming |
1,231 |
1,256 |
1,311 |
(22.5%) |
| c. |
Inland water fishery |
71 |
62 |
62 |
(1.0%) |
| d. |
Inland water aqua farming |
61 |
56 |
52 |
(0.9%) |
|
| |
Total |
6,384 |
|
6,127 |
|
5,829 |
|
|
Unit : 1,000 tons
Source: "Annual Report of Production Statistics on Fishery and
Aqua Farming," Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
of Japan |
- The following is data on export of fishery products by category;
- The following is data on export items in 2003 and first half of 2004
(Jan. to Jun.);
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2003 |
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Jan. to Jun.,2004
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|
Quantity |
Amount of money |
|
Quantity |
Amount of money |
| Bonito and tuna (mostly
bonito) |
|
100,446 |
115,164 |
|
38,320 |
80,523 |
| Salmon/trout |
63,899 |
66,314 |
|
9,880 |
9,719 |
| Cod (minced flesh only) |
36,304 |
58,362 |
|
58,572 |
53,199 |
| Squid |
16,323 |
20,162 |
|
12,211 |
15,960 |
| Cololabis saira |
10,540 |
9,841 |
|
6,281 |
4,962 |
| Shellfish (mainly scallop) |
9,622 |
107,449 |
|
2,073 |
23,825 |
| Canned fishery products
(mostly canned chub mackerel) |
6,639 |
19,453 |
|
928 |
4,086 |
| Chub mackerel |
6,504 |
4,338 |
|
10,462 |
6,476 |
| Fillet/fish meat |
5,531 |
38,113 |
|
1,889 |
19,980 |
| Fish paste products |
5,421 |
31,195 |
|
2,348 |
14,289 |
| Other |
77,162 |
411,072 |
|
44,870 |
243,962 |
|
| Total |
|
338,391 |
881,463 |
|
187,834 |
476,981 |
|
Unit : ton (quantity);
1,000 dollars (amount of money)
Source: Japan Exports & Imports: monthly |
- The following data is from 2003 regarding major export destinations
by category in order of the amount exported;
|
| a. |
|
Bonito and tuna |
| |
|
Bonito: Thailand, Samoa, Indonesia
Big-eye tuna: American Guam, Thailand, U.S.A.
Albacore tuna: Thailand, South Africa, Malaysia
Yellowfin tuna: American Guam, Thailand |
| b. |
|
Salmon/trout: China, Thailand, Taiwan |
| c. |
|
Cod (minced flesh): U.S.A., Russia |
| d. |
|
Squid: U.S.A., New Zealand, Thailand,
South Korea |
| e. |
|
Cololabis saira: China, U.S.A., Republic
of Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan |
| f. |
|
Shellfish: Hong Kong, U.S.A., Taiwan,
Australia, France |
| g. |
|
Canned fishery products: Cambodia,
Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh |
| h. |
|
Chub mackerel: Malta, Papua New Guinea,
North Korea, Taiwan, Thailand |
| i. |
|
Fillet/fish meat: Hong Kong, Singapore,
China |
| j. |
|
Fish paste products: U.S.A., Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Netherlands |
- Import of fishery products by category is listed as below;
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| |
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Live fish |
287 |
|
317 |
|
385 |
( 2.9%) |
| Fresh, chilled, frozen |
10,561 |
10,309 |
9,819 |
(72.6%) |
| Salted and dried fishery
products |
506 |
516 |
527 |
(3.9%) |
| Canned/bottled |
2,243 |
2,272 |
2,158 |
(16.0%) |
| Other |
638 |
669 |
618 |
(4.6%) |
|
| Total |
14,235 |
|
14,083 |
|
13,507 |
(100.0%) |
|
Unit : 1 million dollars
Source: Export and Import Statistic, Ministry of Finance |
- The top five importing countries are listed below;
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2001 |
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2002 |
|
2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| China |
2,327 |
|
2,458 |
|
2,460 |
(18.2%) |
| U.S.A. |
1,439 |
1,359 |
1,235 |
(9.1%) |
| Thailand |
1,075 |
1,039 |
965 |
(7.1%) |
| Russia |
1,043 |
897 |
1,050 |
(7.8%) |
| Indonesia |
962 |
936 |
858 |
(6.4%) |
| Other |
7,388 |
7,494 |
6,939 |
(51.5%) |
|
| Total |
14,234 |
|
14,083 |
|
13,507 |
(100.0%) |
|
Unit : 1 million dollars
Source: Japan Exports & Imports: monthly |
- The following is the quantity and amount of money by category for
2003 and January to June 2004;
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2003 |
|
|
Jan. to Jun.,2004
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Quantity |
Amount of money |
|
Quantity |
Amount of money |
| Tuna/bonito |
410,806 |
1,964,343 |
221,408 |
1,173,608 |
| Prawn/shrimp |
243,394 |
2,139,339 |
106,773 |
905,556 |
| Salmon/trout |
215,521 |
870,931 |
122,100 |
443,103 |
| Cod |
132,497 |
257,634 |
73,914 |
131,173 |
| Chub mackerel |
128,592 |
179,140 |
28,890 |
42,608 |
| Crab |
106,146 |
742,079 |
44,108 |
268,396 |
| Shellfish |
97,669 |
220,108 |
58,387 |
129,166 |
| Squid |
87,697 |
390,803 |
43,616 |
196,870 |
| Roe (Cod, herring) |
72,012 |
756,078 |
43,570 |
553,387 |
| Octopus |
55,911 |
306,987 |
24,073 |
144,012 |
| Other |
1,323,180 |
6,936,950 |
665,457 |
2,844,246 |
|
| Total |
|
2,817,514 |
12,838,992 |
|
1,432,296 |
6,832,125 |
|
Unit : ton (quantity);
1 million dollars (amount of money)
Source: Japan Exports & Imports: monthly |
- The following data is from 2003 regarding major importing countries/regions
by category in order of amount exported;
Tuna/bonito: Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, China
Shrimp and its preparations: Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, India,
China
Salmon/trout: Chile, Norway, Russia, U.S.A., New Zealand, Britain
Cod: U.S.A., Russia, South Korea
Chub mackerel: Norway, South Korea, Britain
Crab and its preparations: Russia, China, Canada, U.S.A., South Korea
Shellfish: South Korea, China, North Korea, Australia, U.S.A.
Squid and its preparations: Thailand, China, Vietnam
Roe and its preparations: U.S.A., Russia, China, Canada, Denmark,
Iran
Octopus: Morocco, Mauritania, China, Canary Islands, Vietnam, Thailand
- South Korea once ranked third among Japan's importing
countries of fishery products in terms of quantity, but now that position
has been replaced by Thailand.
The list of imported product categories shows that Japanese
people favor tuna, prawn/shrimp, salmon, crab, and shellfish.
- In Japan, 3/4 of the total amount of fishery products is utilized
for human consumption, and the remaining 1/4 is used for animal food
and fertilizer.
- Fish consumption among Japanese people has decreased by 3% in the
past four years. Japanese young people in particular prefer meats to
fish. However, in recent years, Japanese people have begun to re-evaluate
the benefits of eating fish, as they become more and more health-conscious.
This is because fish is a low calorie healthy food containing rich amounts
of protein, vitamins, and calcium.
- To control imports, the following categories of items
are set: (a) Import Quota items (or items that require setting an
import quantity limitation), (b) items requiring an import license,
and (c) items requiring previous confirmation. To determine details
of these items, thorough discussion with Japanese importers in advance
is essential for appropriate procedures.
- Recently, much stricter safety measures are required for fishery products
for the Japanese market in response to hazardous antibiotic substances
discovered in shrimp and salmon imported from China and Chile, respectively.
Meanwhile, the Japanese Government has begun to exercise strict control
over import labeling after a series of incidents involving the falsification
of country of origin and other falsifications. Such cases include; intentional
falsification of country of origin; labeling of imported goods as domestic
products; intentional misidentification of type of tuna, etc.
- Large amounts of de-boned fish are imported from China and other
countries. Also, in Japan, a technology has been developed that renders
fish bones edible via a special process involving the application of
pressure to the fish, and fish products processed using this technology
is now being sold, with the target consumers being children and young
people who do not like to eat fish.
- It is expected that the amount of fish consumption will increase
worldwide in the future, due to an increase in health-consciousness
among consumers.
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